Abdulmonam Eassa is a Syrian-French photojournalist currently based in Damascus. He began his career during the five-year siege of his neighbourhood on the outskirts of the city, where government forces subjected the area to continuous bombardment — including attacks with chemical weapons — in an effort to force rebel units to surrender.
Self-taught, Eassa used his camera to document not only the suffering of civilians, but also their resilience.
After making his way to France in 2018, he covered the Yellow Vest protests before reporting from conflict and post-conflict zones across Sudan, Ukraine, Turkey, Syria, and Chad. Following the fall of Assad in 2024, he returned home. Through his work, Eassa explores human stories with a focus on dignity, survival, and shared humanity.
His work has appeared in publications including Le Monde, Getty Images, and Agence France-Presse,The New York Times,The Guardian, Washington Post, among others...
He can be reached on info@abdulmonameassa.com
Nominations, Publications & Awards
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2022 – Winner of the Grande Commande Photojournalisme by the Bibliothèque nationale de France for the project “Faire enfin partie de la France”, a portrait series of newly naturalized French citizens.
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2022 – Winner of the Young Reporter Trophy (Photo) at the 29th Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for the project “La rage pacifique ne meurt pas”, produced as a freelance photographer for Le Monde, The New York Times, and Getty Images.
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2019 – Winner of the Humanitarian Visa d’Or Award at the Visa pour l’Image for the project “The Unhoped-for End to the Siege.”
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2018 – 3rd Prize, Spot News category at Pictures of the Year International.
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2019 – First Prize at the Educating the Eye International Photo Contest for the project “As Normal As It Gets.”
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2018 – Nominated for Most Resilient Journalist at the Free Press Unlimited Awards.
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2018 – 2nd and 3rd Prize, War/Conflict category at the International Photography Awards.
Exhibitions
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2025 – Creator of the collective exhibition “Our Paths to Damascus”, exhibited in Bayeux, Sarajevo, and Damascus.
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2024 – Participated in the collective exhibition “La France sous leurs yeux” in collaboration with the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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2023 – Creator of the collective exhibition “Forgotten Stories of Our Country”, exhibited in Bayeux.
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June 24, 2023 – Slow Show at Opéra-Comique in partnership with the Association Pierre Claver.
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2022 – Featured in the 29th Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award exhibition titled “Don’t Cry, This Is Our Land”, alongside Edouard Elias.
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January 2022 – Slow Show at the École Supérieure d'Art et Design d'Amiens.
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November–December 2019 – Exhibition organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross at Fait & Cause, Paris.
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August 31 – September 15, 2019 – exhibition in the Visa pour l’Image in Perpignan.
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July 30 – August 14, 2019 – Exhibition at the Syrien n’est fait festival in Paris.
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January 2019 – Exhibition at Elephant Paname, Paris.
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June 2019 – Exhibition at Elysium Gallery, Swansea.
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June 7 – July 7, 2019 – Exhibition at the Biblioteca Mercè Rodoreda, Castell‑Platja d’Aro.